LOCAL PRESS

Serbia inspired by spirit of Sretenje an example to many around the world (Politika/Novosti/Tanjug)
Blinken to Vucic: Reaching a comprehensive agreement centered on mutual recognition will require flexibility and a willingness on all sides to compromise (Tanjug)
Macron to Vucic: I remain determined to support efforts related to the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina aimed at reaching a comprehensive and final agreement (FoNet/RTS)
Falconi: Without the “game of alliances” for solution of Kosovo and Metohija (Tanjug/RTV)
Vucic receives Borisov (Tanjug/RTS)
Vucic congratulates Serb List on winning all ten mandates (Tanjug/TV Pink)
Petkovic: Victory of Serb List is guarantee of survival of Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija (Tanjug/RTV)
Dacic: No Pristina government is pleasing to Serb people (TV Pink/Beta)
Twenty years since terrorist attack on Nis Ekspres bus near Podujevo (RTS/Tanjug)
Reljic: Truth about massacre will not be announced (Danas)
Dacic: Some parties don’t want foreigners in the inter-party dialogue (Politika/Beta)
Part of Serbia’s opposition presents joint platform for election dialogue (FoNet)
Serbs ‘exterminated’ from B&H judiciary! (Novosti)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Kordic elected new Mayor of Mostar, Maric elected President of Mostar City Council (BHT1)
Sattler, Inzko congratulate election of Mostar Mayor, call for constructive work to benefit all Mostar citizens (Oslobodjenje)
Inzko confirms OHR is analyzing proposal for Mostar to have rotating Mayor (O kanal)
Covic sends letter to EUD, OSCE, OHR, US Embassy: Proposal on method of rotation of Mayor of Mostar is unacceptable (Nova BH)
Raguz sends letter to international institutions in B&H agreeing with Covic that rotation model for Mostar Mayor is unacceptable (Hayat)
Maric uses his first public address as President of Mostar City Council to put blame on BH Bloc and OHR for election of Mostar Mayor: OHR was again on the side of HNS or HDZ B&H (O kanal)
Dreznjak: BH Bloc betrayed interests of Mostar and its citizens; We could have had 18 votes for election of Guzin (Hayat)
Dodik: Together with its coalition partners, SNSD is ready for repeated elections in Doboj and Srebrenica (ATV)
SDS and PDP set to sign agreement on joint candidate for Doboj Mayor on Tuesday (BN TV)
Parties gathered around Initiative ‘My Address: Srebrenica’ unanimously decide to boycott repeated elections in Srebrenica on February 21 (Hayat/BHT1)
Offensive of foreigners on Election Law (Glas Srpske)
Botsan-Kharchenko, US Embassy and UK Embassy comment on appointment of new High Representative, other comments (BHT1)
Petritsch says if Schmidt were to be appointed without Russia’s consent, it would decrease HR’s legitimacy (Dnevni list)
Dodik says RS expects US and EU to continue towards common goal, building unitary and centralized B&H (ATV)
Croatia

Politician sues Croatia at ECHR over former president Tudjman’s documents (Hina)
Montenegro

Knezevic: Meeting between the Foreign Affairs Minister and Kosovo Ambassador to Montenegro is treason (CdM)
Djukanovic will commit to implementation of agreement (CdM/Vijesti)
Republic of North Macedonia

Zaev: Debate is over, census will be conducted 1 -21 April (Republika)
Zaev announced an agreement with Bulgaria (Republika)
Zaharieva: Let Macedonia be friends with Serbia, but let them be friends with us as well (Republika/24 casa)
Albanian opposition parties accuse Zaev of allowing spread of Serbian influence in Macedonia (Republika)
Albania

Meta: Congratulations to Kosovo for excellent example of trust in free voting (ADN)
Socialists wish success to LVV for winning elections in Kosovo (ADN)
CAA praises election process in Kosovo (ADN)
Basha: We will start accession talks with EU within 6 months after being elected (Tirana Times)

LOCAL PRESS

Putin congratulates Statehood Day (Tanjug/RTS)
Lavrov extends Statehood Day greetings to Selakovic (Novosti/Tanjug)
Office for Kosovo and Metohija: Verdict to Djokic example of how law and justice are trampled on (RTS)
Rakic: Pristina’s pressures will not cut off our ties with Belgrade (Politika)
Serbia favors removing barriers on borders to help economic cooperation in region (Beta)
Government Working group with OSCE on electoral process (Tanjug/RTV/RTS)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Coalition for Mostar 2020 calls on BH Bloc and PMP to take part in negotiations on formation of program coalition that would result in their support to SDA’s Zlatko Guzin for Mayor of Mostar (BHT1)
Dzaferovic calls for unity of all pro-Bosnian parties in order to accelerate process of election of Mostar Mayor (O kanal)
Nelson, Sattler meet with Covic and Izetbegovic to discuss reform of election legislation (Dnevni avaz/Vecernji list)
RS officials react to statements made by Inzko (RTRS)
Reactions of politicians in RS: Inzko is deliberately taking extreme methods (Glas Srpske)
Cvijanovic: Inzko decided to additionally poison all relations in B&H (RTRS)
Russian Ambassador to Serbia says that Russia will not approve the attempts to appoint new HR (Dnevni avaz)
Dodik: Appointment of HJPC illegal and against constitution; Announces possible motion before B&H CC; Other reactions from RS (RTRS)
US Embassy and EUD expect new HJPC to accelerate judicial reforms (N1)

United Nations Office in Belgrade

Daily Media Highlights

Thursday 11 February 2021

LOCAL PRESS

Xi Jinping: I am ready to raise the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between China and Serbia to an even higher level (RTS/Tanjug/RTV)
Vucic: Good relations with France important for Serbia (FoNet)
Excellent political, economic relations between Serbia, Czech Republic (Tanjug/Novosti)
Vucic receives Babis (Tanjug/RTS)
Vulin: Serbia most successful country in fight against smuggling on migrant route (Tanjug/RTV/Politika)
Accusations that Serbia is carrying out hybrid war against B&H (Politika)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Mostar City Council repeats first round of elections for Mostar Mayor (Nova BH)
HDZ B&H Municipal Board unanimously adopts decision to boycott early elections for Head of Travnik Municipality (Nova BH)
Botsan-Kharchenko says Russia does not approve appointment of new HR in B&H and Germany has intention to harm RS (ATV)
Inzko: I would gladly go to Banja Luka to explain what is wrong with awarding of war criminals; I have full support of Germany (AJB)
Komsic: I call on Covic to sue B&H in Strasbourg if he thinks Croats are endangered (Klix.ba)
HJPC holds session to appoint new leadership; Lagumdzija elected as new President, Gorusanovic- Butigan, Simeunovic elected Vice- Presidents (Nova BH)
Croatia

Serbian government donates €100,000 for renovation of Count Jelacic’s birth house (Hina)
Montenegro

Ratko Mladic Street in Montenegro (CdM)
Fatic: With a Chetnik woman in government, it is no wonder that we have Mladic in Berane (Dnevne novine)
Republic of North Macedonia

VMRO-DPMNE to start collecting signatures – every citizen against the political census will be able to sign the initiative (Republika)
Zaev: Census must be conducted, the state can’t work in the dark (Republika)
Another vaccine fail – Serbian donation called off (Republika)
Albania

''A temperature drop'', Rama responds to the relations with Russia (Radio Tirana)

LOCAL PRESS

US Embassy: US goal is Serbia’s EU membership and mutual recognition of Belgrade and Pristina (Tanjug/RTS)
Selakovic: Trump, Biden messages different (RTS/RTV/Tanjug)
Situation around Kosovo and Metohija and B&H worrying, Russia pushing stand that suits Belgrade (Tanjug/RTS/RTV)
Importance of regular evaluation of the situation in Kosovo and Metohija at UN Security Council (Tanjug)
Dacic: I have to hear the opinion of parties that do not want the EP to attend dialogue (RTS/Beta)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina

OSCE, EUD/EUSR, OHR, UK Embassy and US Embassy call on Mostar City Council to repeat first round of elections for Mayor of Mostar (FTV)
Mostar City Council will discuss HR’s letter which calls for repeated procedure of election of Mostar Mayor in line with Mostar City Statute (Nova BH)
Maric: We were surprised with HR’s decision bearing in mind that for past eight years he was often invited to react when it comes to Statute (Hayat)
RS parliament calls on HR to submit report on implementation of Dayton within 90 days (FTV)
US Embassy to B&H condemns glorification of war criminals by Bosniak political officials (ATV)
HDZ B&H decides to boycott early elections in Travnik (BHT1)
Parties in Srebrenica consider possibility of boycotting elections, ask for the meeting with Quint Ambassadors (Dnevni avaz)
Dodik addresses summit ‘17+1’: This co-op enables us to overcome numerous obstacles; Jinping encourages B&H for higher promotion of its products in China (RTRS)
Croatia

Plenkovic participates in an online summit of the China + 17 initiative (HRT)
Montenegro

Djukanovic attended Summit of China and Central and Eastern European Countries (CdM)
Republic of North Macedonia

Mickoski: Early elections are coming, we need a new government (Republika)

LOCAL PRESS

US Embassy: Biden said in the congratulation letter the same Trump said in 2019 (Beta)
Drecun: Anyone counting on some kind of pressure has the wrong calculation (RTS)
Gratitude for Slovakia’s principled support on the issue of Kosovo and Metohija (RTV/Tanjug)
Joksimovic: Serbia does not sit and wait for EU's new enlargement methodology to start off (Beta/EurActiv)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Inzko annuls first round of voting for election of Mostar Mayor, instructs City Council to cast secret vote (O kanal)
Reactions of political parties at the Mostar City Council (O kanal)
Inzko: I will submit report with UN Security Council at beginning of May, but not with RS parliament (BHT1)
Montenegro

Vucic negotiates on return of Montenegrin wines to Russia’s market (Pobjeda)
Republic of North Macedonia

VMRO begins the process of nullifying the census law (Republika)
Albania

Russia expels Albanian diplomat in tit-for-tat move (ADN)